Ever been puzzled on how to sing J-Pop or Anime songs? Well, say goodbye to your worries!

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Steps

1

Get a copy of the lyrics. You can just search the name of the song on the internet. The benefit of this is that you usually can get a copy of the translated lyrics, so you know what you're singing about.

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2

Listen to the song, study the way it's pronounced. This can entail several sessions of listening to the song on repeat. Mouth along with it to help the lyrics burned into your mind.

3

Use your voice. Don't be afraid if your voice sounds high or low, as both voices are used often in Japan.

4

Find a karaoke track. If possible, try to go on Youtube and search for Karaoke, without the singer singing, and just the lyrics and the music. If you listen to the actual singer, for some people it throws them off trying to strain their voice to sound like them.

5

Sing your heart out! Japanese music is fun to sing, and is usually more boisterous than western music.

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Tips

Be sure to add some emotion to your singing.

Some JPop singers, particularly foreigners, soften the "t". An example of this is Ayumi Hamasaki. This gives a certain..effect to the song.

Japanese singers pronounce the "r" as a cross between "r" and "l", or pure "l" if it is an english transliteration, for example la la la would be pronounced with an "l". In more formal types of music ( other than Jpop/Jrock) it may be pronounced as a cross between "r", "l" and "d", as an official japanese "r" is somewhere between all 3, it is used softer (just between "r" and "l" in jpop)

If you really want to sound Japanese, sing all English phrases in the song with a Japanese accent. For example, "Take my hand" would be something like "Teeku mai hando".

Most people think that they can sing Japanese songs if they can sing English and that's wrong because the pronunciation is very different. You should get used to every vowel such as "ka ki ku ke ko" or "ma mi mu me mo".

The sound of the vowel "a" depends on the song and singer. Some pronounce it like "a" in "pardon"(similar to the British accent, but not as heavy), some pronounce it as "a" in "ark".

When you encounter a single "n"(ex. goran, when written is go-ra-n) or "n'" (ex. kon'ya is not ko-nya, but ko-n-ya), it's usually sung as a separate syllable. This rule also applies to words with double-vowel or double consonant. This is because of the way it is written.

Warnings

If you want to use a Japanese song for competitions, try to incorporate your own style, don't just copy the exact way the original singer is singing.